LAST GAME: The Monarchs lost at UNC Wilmington, 59-48 Saturday night.
ODU
was led with 12 points by Rasheed Wright. The Monarchs shot .222 from
the floor in
the second half and .319 for the game. Rebounds were even at 34, but
ODU committed
17 turnovers (11 in the first half). A week ago, ODU won its first
CAA road game with a 84-57 decision over American. Andre McCullum
led with 18 points and six rebounds. Ricardo Marsh scored 16. 13 of
14 Monarchs scored and eight hit atleast one trey. ODU shot .566 from
the floor and .667 (12-18) from three point range.McCullum now has
1,039 career points. That ranks him 31st on the ODU all-time scoring
list tied with
Mark Davis ('85). After a 1-7 start this season, the Monarchs have
gone 10-6.

JEFF CAPEL-HEAD COACH:(Fayetteville State '77), is in his seventh
year at the helm of the Monarchs. He is 199-157 in his12th season
and 120-92 at Old Dominion. Capel was the1995 CAA and NABC District
IV Coach of the Year. In 1997 he was named Virginia College Coach of
the Year. He won his 100th collegiate victory in the Monarchs 89-81
triple overtime win over ninth ranked Villanova in the 1995 NCAA
Tournament. Capel was 16-14 in 1994 at NCA&T, losing in the NCAA
first round to Arkansas. He compiled a 63-51 mark at his alma mater,
Fayetteville State, taking the Broncos to the NCAA Div. II regionals
in 1993. Capel was inducted into the Fayetteville State University
Hall of Fame in 1999. His Monarch teams have reached the CAA finals
three times, winning twice.

THIS DAY IN ODU ATHLETIC HISTORY:
Feb. 14, 1968. The Monarchs score a school record 152 (152-110)
points against Richmond Professional Institute. Bob Pritchett scored
67 points, Harry Lozon scored
33, and Richard Boyce 21. ODU was 19-7 that year and broke 100 points
nine times.

TONIGHTS OFFICIALS: Duke Edsall, Emanuel Upton, John Spears

FATHER - SON COMBINATION: Jeff Capel, III, joins his father's
coaching staff
after a stellar career at Duke University. Capel scored 1,601
career points and ranks third all-time at Duke and 13th all-time in
the ACC with 220 career three-pointers.

SERIES VS. JMU: ODU leads, 36-19. The Monarchs won back on Jan. 3,
80-63
in the fieldhouse. Rasheed Wright scored 15 and Pierre Greene added
19 points, while
Pat Mitchell led JMU with 15 points. JMU shot .529 from the floor,
but ODU outrebounded the Dukes, 41-24 and got 19 offensive boards.

CAA TO EXPAND
The Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner Tom Yeager announced
on Dec.
13 that the University of Delaware(Newark, De.), Drexel University
(Philadelphia, Pa.), Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY.) and
TowsonUniversity (Baltimore, Md.)will join the conference effective
July 1, 2003.

RECORD AT FIELDHOUSE: (5-0)
3-2 in 1999-00
102-11 (since1970-71)
Best Record:14-0 in 1974-75 & 11-0 in 1976-77
3-1 in 1973-74 & 1975-76

RECORD AT SCOPE (3-3)
218-90 since 1971-72
5-3 in 1999-00
Best Record: 9-0 in 1992-93
13-1 in 1979-80 and 1983-84
10-1 in 1994-95

CAREER HIGHS THIS YEAR

Rasheed Wright
20 vs. Dayton
11 rebounds vs Gardner-Webb

Troy Nance
11 points vs. NC State
11 assists vs. N.C. State

Charles Dunnington
6 pts vs. G.Webb
6 rebs vs. Gardner-Webb

Joe Principe
6 pts vs. G.Webb & NSU
6 rebs vs. Gardner-Webb

John Waller
12 vs. AU Puerto Rico

A. Themistocleous
7 pts vs. Stanford
3 rebs vs. Stanford

Heath Burris
15 pts vs. Kansas St.

Ricardo Marsh
10 rebounds vs. VMI

Pierre Greene
25 points vs. AU

Clifton Jones
19 points vs. VCU(ties)
16 rebounds vs.Norfolk St.

Clay McGowen
4 points vs. JMU

Andre McCullum
29 vs. W&M & Norfolk St.

DOUBLE FIGURE LEADERS
McCullum 15
Greene 16
Wright 12
Marsh 8

DOUBLE-DOUBLES
McCullum 4 (3 of the last five games)
Jones 4
Marsh 1

GREENE HOT:Pierre Greene has hit his last 17 straight free throws
dating back to
the Norfolk State game. The school record is 33 by Donald Anderson in
1992..

JONES HITTING THE BOARDS: Clifton Jones leads the team in rebounding
and
has been the Monarchs top rebounder in 18 of the 24 games. He leads
the league in rebounding and offensive rebounding. He has hauled in
ten or more rebounds ten times this year. Jones has 549 career
rebounds putting him 19th on the ODU all-time rebounding list. He is
47 behind Skip Noble's ('71) 596.

ABOUT OLD DOMINION
ODU is a state school located in Norfolk, Va. The University was
founded in 1930
as the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary...the name
Old Dominion
is the nickname of the State of Virginia.

SCHOOL OF CHAMPIONS: Old Dominion's Field Hockey squad captured their
ninth NCAA title with a 3-1 win over North Carolina. Led by four-time
CAA Player of
the Year Marina DiGiacomo who scored an NCAA record 167 career goals
and 414
career points. DiGiacomo also was named the Honda Award winner for
that sport,
Old Dominion's fifth field hockey player to do so. The University
athletic teams
have won 28 National Titles (24 teams titles, Sailing 11, Field
Hockey 9, Women's basketball 3, Men's Basketball 1)...Three wrestling
individual
NCAA titles (Div. II) and one Women's Individual Tennis title.

CAA TOURNAMENT
This year's CAA Tournament will be March 3-5 at the Richmond Coliseum
in
Richmond, Va. The finals will be live on Monday night, March 5 on
ESPN2.

FIELDHOUSE FLOOR PROJECT:
For information
on how to purchase your very own bit of Old Dominion basketball
history in the form
of an authentic piece of the original fieldhouse floor. Instructions
and order forms
can be found for plaques featuring an authentic piece of the floor.
You may also call
1-800-968-9697. Prices range from $42-$130 and all proceeds benefit
athletic
scholarships at Old Dominion.

CAPEL CALL IN RADIO SHOW
Jeff's weekly call-in radio show is Thursday from 5-6 on ESPN 1310
Radio.

CAA WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE CALL
All nine of the men's head coaches are available on the weekly CAA
teleconference
every Tuesday from 10:30 am to 12:10 p.m. Jeff Capel is on at 11
a.m. Call
877-630-8221.

MONARCH ALUMNI
Cal Bowdler ('99) Atlanta- 0.9 ppg/ 0.9 rpg in 12 games. (averaged
2.7 ppg/1.8 rpg.. Last year...) Chris Gatling ('91) Traded to
Cleveland during the off-season...He is averaging 12.2 ppg and 5.6
rpg thus far this season....He scored a career high 38 points vs.
Sacramento on Jan. 10 of this year....Played in the NBA All-Star game
in 1997. Odell Hodge is in Belgium, Petey Sessoms is in Poland...Mark
Poag is in Spain and Reggie Bassette is in Greece. Skipper Youngblood
is in the Czech Republic. Dave Twardzik is an assistant with the
Detroit Pistons. Mark West has retired after 17 yrs.